[s1e9] Spooky Little - Girl

: The cigarettes Travis buys for Constance are labeled "Pell Mell," a pun on the brand Pall Mall meaning "in a confused, rushed, or disorderly manner ".

: Ben Harmon discovers a rare medical phenomenon where Vivien's twins have different fathers —one fathered by Ben and the other by Tate (the "Rubber Man"). [S1E9] Spooky Little Girl

: Short is accidentally killed by a lethal dose of anesthesia after being raped by Dr. Curran. : The cigarettes Travis buys for Constance are

The episode serves as a critical turning point for the season's central mysteries: Curran

: The house's original owner, the ghostly Dr. Charles Montgomery, dismembers her body in the basement, providing the "surgical precision" noted in real-life police reports.

: Medium Billie Dean Howard ( Sarah Paulson ) reveals a "papal secret": a child born of human and spirit is foretold to be the Antichrist.